John Corley

John Corley is the associate editor of The Angolite, the news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. A native of Sabine Parish in west-central Louisiana, he is approaching his 33rd year of incarceration. He is a recipient of PEN America fiction, playwriting, and poetry awards, and a National Council on Crime and Delinquency journalism award. His second poetry collection, This Absurd Desolation, has been accepted for publication by DVille Press.

2022 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Honorable Mention in Poetry for “First Night“

2018 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – Honorable Mention in Fiction for “The Bizarre Conclusion of Walter Germany“

Winner, 2006 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – 2nd Place in Drama for “Time Served or Conversatin’ Wi’ De Dade”